, 1887-11-03

the Santa Fee freight depot cars, Ia
contents of which were burned last
night Is SS5,0O0. insurance. about
One-foUth
! LONDON, Oct. 29.-The 12O yard
race for $1,000 and championship was
run today at E7tington Park grounds
gate shed by Gent and Hatchins.
The race was won by Gent.
| CHEYENNE, Wy, Oct. 29.-The as
signees Of the NJ. T. Post Il Co.
banking house today filed a schedule
Of assets and liabilities IN the probate
court. The total assets are S92S. SOB 70
liabilities, $5t1, ,UO7. S5; balance of as
sets over liabilities, SIi7, 1859
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The threat
ened conflict between the civil and
military forces at the Round Valley,
Cal, Indian reservation, has been
averted by instructions sent by the
secretary of War to General Howard
to withdraw the {. S. troops, now on
the reservation, pending a judicial
investigation of the matter.
Secretary Whitney has gone to
Ne| York for Il prolonged rest.
| During his absence Commander Har-
mony will act as secretary.
ToRoNTO, Oct. pa special cable
gram says that Chamberlain, who left
today 10y the Eutruria, will be accom-
panied by two English detectives who
at New Y York are to be joined by two
American detectives familiar with the
prominent agents of the Clan Ma
Gael.
New York, Oct. 2S.-An important
step toward the complete settlement
of the telegraph war was taken yes
terduy with an agreement between
the Mutual Union and the Postal
| Telegraph companies. Gould said,
III reply to an inquiry whether the
agreement the absorption of the
Mackcy Bennett land and ocean lines
L guess not As | understand the
situation the Mutual Union aud Pos
tai companies have agreed to advance
rates something near our tariff,
| They have been fighting each other,
! but the Western Union is not greatly
Interested. / have not heard of any
advance in cable rates
Advices from points in the South
say that the offices of the New York
and Southern Telegraph company are
to be closed in all cities south reached
( by the Southern line. 4 few hundred
more operators will be thrown out
and rates in that territory will be
fixed by the Western Union.
AUSTIN, Oct 2S-J. E. Smith, the
express messenger who recently
killed two train robbers near Ell Paso
was paid $4,000 yesterday by order of
Governor Ross us Il reward for his
act
CINCINNATI, Oct. 2S.-The court to-
day granted a continuance of the
stay of proceedings in the case OF
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton receivership until next Thurs
day.
CLEVELAND, October 2S.-The $40
000,000 suit against the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad Co.
was ended in the Common Pleas
Court today by the payment of a
small amouet of costs remaining 1t
was brought in July. 1881, by James
McHenry and other holders of Ger
tiicates issued in exchange for bonds
and shares in the Atlantic and Great
Western Railroad Co. against the
New York, Pennsylvania aud Ohio
and others.
LONDON, October 2S.-The NeiCS of
this morning says that unless Lord
Salisbury wishes the fishery negotia-
tious between England and the Unit
ed States to be Lopelessly doomed
from the outset, he must cancel the
appointment of Chamberlain and Sc
lect another commissioner.
The Telegraph's Berlin correspond
ent says he has learned on indisput-
able authority that the Gar will re-
turn from Copenhagen to st. Peters
burg, via Berlin, where he will nave
private interview with Emperor
William. A dispatch to the Times
makes the same statement.
A cablegram reached here last ey
ening that W. X. Vanderbilt had
been named as President of the pro
posed Chinese-American bank. The
dispatch WAS sent to Vanderbilt, who
is in Paris, asking him what truth
there was in the statement. He an
swered that he, himself, had no in
terest III the proposed bank and
thought that neither of his brothers
had any.
Details Of losses caused by the stu
pendous gales on all the coasts are
coming in. Many vessels we're lost
with all their deck loads. Steamer
Alexandria, which left Holyhead last
night, encountered most severe
weather. Heavy seas swept over her,
damaging her bulwarks and smashing
her deck houses. A number of Irish
harvesters, deck passengers, who We're
returning from the English harvest,
suffered terribly. Some of them were
swept about the deck, while others
were pitched into the engine room,
with the result that one of them was
| killed aud three others severely in
iured. Twelve fishermen belonging
to Yarmouth smacks were lost during
the gale A dozen lives have been
lost in fishing smacks on the Thames.
| MONTREAL, Oct 2S--It Is rumOfed
that a number of citizens, tired of the
inactivity of tho police regarding the
authors of recent incendiary fires,
have determined to form Il vigilance
committee to bring them to justice
A special from Kingston today an,
nouuced that the police court was
crowded to excess TO hear sentence
passed on two men, Newman and
Andrews, who were caught in the act
OF setting fire to the Third Methodist
church, after having destroyed the
Salvation Army barracks. Newman
was given IL years III the penitentiary
and andrews was sentenced to con
finement for life. These are the
heaviest sentences ever imposed IL
Eastern Ontaria.
WAsKNGToN, Oct. 2S.-When The
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